Chapter Ninety-One: An Invitation from the Clay Institute
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Early the next morning, Pang Xuelin was woken up by a piercing knock on the door, and when he looked at the time, it was only half past five.
"Who?"
Pang Xuelin went to open the door in a daze, and saw Qi Xin dressed in sportswear, standing quietly at the door, and said with a smile: "Senior brother, it's time to run!" ”
Seeing that Pang Xuelin was still confused, Qi Xin pouted and said angrily: "You shouldn't stay up late again last night, right?" ”
"Oh, I didn't go to bed until two o'clock in the morning last night!"
Pang Xuelin yawned.
"Look at you, you forget the time when you get up from work, then forget it, you go back to sleep, I'll go for a run first!"
"Wait!" Pang Xuelin thought for a while and said, "Let's go for a run together, exercise must be persistent." ”
When Qi Xin heard this, a pair of eyes suddenly smiled into crescent moons.
Although she faintly felt that Pang Xuelin seemed to have some changes, Qi Xin was still quite happy to be able to exercise with him early.
After running with Qi Xin and having breakfast, Pang Xuelin returned to the apartment and made up for sleep.
It wasn't until half past nine that he got up, took a shower, and went to the classroom with the lesson plan.
He had seen the lesson plan in his phone memo last night, so he wasn't worried about delaying his work.
There are still disturbances in the classroom, Pang Xuelin also served as a professor at Jiangcheng University in the Wandering Earth World, but compared with the confusion and depression of college students in the Wandering Earth about the future, the students in the real world are more lively and more carefree.
The morning class ended smoothly, and as soon as Pang Xuelin walked out of the classroom, he received a call from Liu Tingbo.
"Professor Pang, if you are free now, come to my office, there is something I want to discuss with you."
"Okay, I'll be right over!"
Twenty minutes later, Pang Xuelin successfully found the location of Liu Tingbo's office.
"Dean Liu, what are you looking for me?"
Liu Tingbo handed a beautifully decorated cardboard card to Pang Xuelin and said with a smile: "This is an invitation letter from the Clay Institute, as long as you agree, they will hold a grand award ceremony in Paris, France on December 1 this year, and award you a prize of 1.5 million US dollars." ”
Pang Xuelin took the invitation and opened it.
It is written in Chinese, English and French Chinese:
Dear Dr. Pang Xuelin,
Hello!
In recognition of your excellent work in BSD conjecture proofs, the Clay Institute of Mathematics invites you to attend the BSD Conjecture Awards Conference and Mathematics Symposium in Paris.
The event time is tentatively scheduled for 18:00~21:00 on December 1, 2019, at the Four Seasons Hotel George V in Paris, France.
If you are not satisfied with any of the arrangements, please contact the organizer immediately.
Phone:**********
Mailbox:**********
Best regards
Clay Institute for Mathematics
Pang Xuelin was slightly stunned, and said suspiciously: "Isn't the award of the Clay Institute awarded after the paper has been verified by the mathematical community for two years and is confirmed that there is no problem?" ”
Liu Tingbo laughed and said: "According to the normal situation, this is the case, but your paper has now been recognized by many bigwigs in the industry, and the expert team within the Clay Institute of Mathematics has no opinions. So they sent the invitation directly to the school. You should also receive an invitation email to your work email. ”
Seeing that Pang Xuelin seemed to be a little hesitant, Liu Tingbo smiled and said: "Professor Pang, the school's opinion is to go as much as possible if you can, after all, such an award is also a great incentive for the domestic mathematics community." If you go, the school can arrange for you to be accompanied by a full-time interpreter. ”
Pang Xuelin pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll reply to them directly." ”
Pang Xuelin didn't have the idea of not going, and he was not Perelman's kind of dead house.
What's more, not to mention publicly-funded tourism, there is still 1.5 million US dollars!
Next, he wants to make high-purity carbon nanotubes and graphene materials in the real world, and he needs a lot of money, although the family is not short of money, but compared to the huge amount of money required in the research of these two materials, the family's assets can only be regarded as drizzle.
At least as far as Pang Xuelin knows, after he made a high-purity single-walled carbon nanotube material in the laboratory of the Wandering Earth World, the coalition government spent billions of credits to industrialize it.
The purchasing power of credits is similar to that of the dollar in the real world, so if you want to industrialize it, you can't do it with your father's company alone, and you can only succeed if you bring in government investment when the time comes to make certain results.
Seeing Pang Xuelin nodding in agreement, Liu Tingbo said with a smile: "In addition, the Academy of Mathematics is preparing to prepare a mathematical science research center named after you, recruit a group of young scholars from all over the world, and you will serve as the director of the preparatory committee and the position of director of the center. There are four committees in the center, namely the International Advisory Committee, the Academic Committee, the Graduate Work Committee, and the Postdoctoral Committee. Mainly to scientific research and training of graduate students, the internal courses are relatively small, no credits, no homework and examination seminar nature of courses, very free, do not want to continue to take it can be withdrawn at any time, the center to number theory, algebraic geometry, differential geometry, partial differential equations as the main research direction, and strive to build a world-class mathematical research institution within three to five years. ”
Pang Xuelin laughed and said, "Dean Liu, you are learning from Shuimu!" ”
Mizuki's S.T. Yau Mathematics Center has developed very well in recent years and has become one of the world's leading mathematical research institutions.
Liu Tingbo pushed Pang Xuelin out of the idea of the development of the Shuimu Department of Mathematics.
Liu Tingbo said with a smile: "Planting the sycamore tree and attracting the phoenix, with your current prestige and status, if you don't make good use of it, it will be a waste." ”
Pang Xuelin nodded and said: "This is no problem, you can arrange it then, but I can't do much administrative work, and my main energy will still be on research." ”
Liu Tingbo said: "This is rest assured, we will set up a special administrative team to be responsible for the logistics of the mathematics center, you just need to control the overall direction." ”
Pang Xuelin said: "Cheng, when will you start the formal preparations and tell me, although there are not many calves I know, but the quality is guaranteed, and I will hook up a few for you when the time comes!" ”
Liu Tingbo laughed and said, "Professor Pang, with your words, I am relieved." ”
Pang Xuelin smiled slightly and said, "Dean Liu, after you finish your business, I also have something I want to trouble you." ”
Liu Tingbo was stunned and said, "What's the matter?" ”
Pang Xuelin said: "Do you know a big guy in the field of materials or chemistry, I want to study another graduate school in materials." ”